You’re right, my comment was pretty condescending, I apologize. Your points are well-taken, thanks for giving me something to think about.

Well I’m glad you found a movie you like. But I gotta say, “the movie is bad because it was made bad on purpose” just seems like copium.

Since you’re interested in history: Tolstoy’s novel “War and Peace” also makes an anti-Great Man point about Napoleon, both in Tolstoy’s depiction of the Battle of Borodino, as well as in historical thoughts that are usually collected at the end of that novel. I don’t remember if Bondarchuk’s movie adaption of War and Peace retains that theme, but you can see it on youtube. The best Napoleon movie is arguably Waterloo which is somewhat critical of Napoleon. Likewise, the Napoleon miniseries has him act like kind of a doofus at times (and has an interesting depiction of the Napoleon-Josephine relationship).

I guess I’m just kind of bitter about this film because most of us in the US don’t have a lot of knowledge about European history since our teachers are underpaid, our academics are ridiculed, and because our historical movies and TV shows are generally ahistorical cartoonish BS like this one.

I heard from a relative that Pat ain’t there any more, he retired.

From reading the reviews and social media comments, it annoyed anyone with an interest in history.

If I were paid to promote this film, I’d say something like: you can tell from the previews and the theatrical release that there’s good cinematography, set design, costumes, etc. Well in the extended version there’s MORE of it. And then tacitly suggest that people play it in the background with the sound off while listening to classical music.

Scott spent over $100 million to piss off the French, which any Englishmen would love to do if given half a chance.

Got it. This movie is only really interesting if you’re from England.

Yeah Jordan Peele is a genius.

Demi Moore is pretty cool. Thoughts go out to Bruce Willis.

On !fullmoviesonyoutube@lemm.ee:

• Die Hard: https://lemmy.world/post/18064570
• A Few Good Men: https://lemmy.world/post/17139845

!cyberpunk@lemmy.zip

Gondor should tell its citizens that whoever finds a solution will get a substantial tax break, and let the market do the rest.

"With cigarettes, my wife and I, we made a deal. We only smoke after sex. I’ve got the same pack now since 1975. What bothers me is my wife. She’s up to three packs a day!” -Rodney Dangerfield

So there’s one approach to fortune-telling where you convince them that you have some magical ability to figure out their secrets, and then you use cold-reading techniques to trick them into thinking you have mystic powers.

But there’s a better approach where you give someone an open-ended set of symbols, and you use those to help the person think through the issues in their life. You’re giving them the opportunity to reflect on things from a new perspective.

• a Tarot card might have symbols for “loss in worldly matters” and be in a position that represents their past
• another card might have symbols for “an older person, very patient” and be in a position that represents their current circumstances
• another card might have symbols for “the end of a time of plenty” and be in a position that represents the conflict of their current circumstances
• another card might have symbols for “gain through cooperation” and be in a position that represents their future

So you talk to the person and describe what each card means, and they think about how it applies to their life. They might ask questions like: “does ‘loss in worldly matters’ mean money?” and you say “sure, it can, or it can mean something else like being reprimanded at work.” and they might say “oh, I think in my case it means (whatever).” And then you can think together how that applies to the rest of the reading. People have a lot of things going on in their lives, things can just slip by, and this gives them a chance to step back and think it all over.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOFu-sEvwuI

“I call a cab 'cause a cab will come quicker.” - Flavor Flav

I didn’t see the original until about a year ago, and I thought it was good but not amazing. I think it was a “time and place” thing, and the style and Brandon Lee legend appealed to a lot of teenaged kids. I suspect the remake just comes across as “trying too hard.”

I dunno, I bet it’d be OK as background if you turned the sound off and just played NIN’s “Ghosts” instead. Wait no I take it back, those actors just plain look annoying.

You may be thinking of 'Pataphysics:

the science of that which is superinduced upon metaphysics, whether within or beyond the latter’s limitations, extending as far beyond metaphysics as the latter extends beyond physics

Surrealism is always antifascist.

I dunno. Doublethink is pretty surreal, but it supports fascism. If you’re just talking about art, I think you could make the case that the Italian Futurists were at least Surrealist-adjacent, and some of them supported fascism.

I watched that gif like 10 times, hypnotized, until I even noticed the bottle-top coming off.

At last, more content suitable for cross-posting to !mullets@lemmy.ca.

[12] And on the third day, Ted rose from the ashes.

[13] And there was a great consternation and much amazement among the humans as Ted did walk among them, proclaiming with meows and with postures:

[14] “Where is my food, Cecil and Emily? For until a cat has decided to leave, they should still be considered among you.”

The Book of Ted, Chapter 9 Verses 12-14.